feat: kitty-colors.conf — Sethian terminal palette, cursor trail, padding, opacity

Moved from vjtop's machine-only overlay now that steel141 runs it too.
install-kitty-theme.sh copies + includes it after kitty-theme.conf.
Deployed: steel141 (seth) + vjtop.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Kitty-setup.md

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ fc-list | grep -i "JetBrains.*Nerd"
 
 ```bash
 cp kitty/kitty-theme.conf ~/.config/kitty/
+cp kitty/kitty-colors.conf ~/.config/kitty/
 cp kitty/tab_bar.py ~/.config/kitty/
 cp kitty/tab-bar-hide.conf ~/.config/kitty/
 cp kitty/tab-bar-show.conf ~/.config/kitty/
@@ -71,10 +72,11 @@ font_size        11.0
 
 ### 4. Include the theme
 
-Add this line to the end of `~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf`:
+Add these lines to the end of `~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf`:
 
 ```
 include kitty-theme.conf
+include kitty-colors.conf
 ```
 
 ### 5. Restart kitty
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ Close and reopen kitty. Ctrl+Shift+F5 does NOT reload tab bar or font changes.
 
 | File | Purpose |
 |------|---------|
-| `kitty-theme.conf` | Colors, tab bar settings, keybindings |
+| `kitty-theme.conf` | Tab bar settings, keybindings |
+| `kitty-colors.conf` | Terminal palette, orange cursor + trail, padding, 0.94 opacity (colors reload live; tab bar doesn't) |
 | `tab_bar.py` | Custom tab bar renderer (flat tabs + status area) |
 | `tab-bar-hide.conf` | Config snippet to hide tab bar |
 | `tab-bar-show.conf` | Config snippet to show tab bar |

install-kitty-theme.sh

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 # ── Copy theme files ──
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/kitty/kitty-theme.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/"
+cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/kitty/kitty-colors.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/kitty/tab_bar.py" "$KITTY_DIR/"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/kitty/tab-bar-hide.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/"
 cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/kitty/tab-bar-show.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/"
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ if ! grep -q "include kitty-theme.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/kitty.conf" 2>/dev/null; the
     echo "" >> "$KITTY_DIR/kitty.conf"
     echo "include kitty-theme.conf" >> "$KITTY_DIR/kitty.conf"
 fi
-echo "[ok] kitty-theme.conf included."
+if ! grep -q "include kitty-colors.conf" "$KITTY_DIR/kitty.conf" 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "include kitty-colors.conf" >> "$KITTY_DIR/kitty.conf"
+fi
+echo "[ok] kitty-theme.conf + kitty-colors.conf included."
 
 echo ""
 echo "Done. Restart kitty to see changes."

kitty/kitty-colors.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Seth Linux Theme — terminal palette + feel (Sethian near-black + #D35400).
+# Include from kitty.conf after kitty-theme.conf: include kitty-colors.conf
+
+# ── Palette: near-black + #D35400 orange ─────────
+foreground            #d8d8d8
+background            #0d0d0d
+selection_foreground  #000000
+selection_background  #D35400
+url_color             #E67E22
+active_border_color   #D35400
+inactive_border_color #333333
+bell_border_color     #ff6b61
+
+color0  #1a1a1a
+color8  #555555
+color1  #e0443e
+color9  #ff6b61
+color2  #8fbf5a
+color10 #a8d672
+color3  #e6a23c
+color11 #f5c26b
+color4  #5a8dd6
+color12 #7aa8ee
+color5  #b86fd0
+color13 #d08fe6
+color6  #4fb8b0
+color14 #6fd6cc
+color7  #c8c8c8
+color15 #f0f0f0
+
+# ── Cursor ───────────────────────────────────────
+cursor                #D35400
+cursor_text_color     #000000
+cursor_shape          beam
+cursor_blink_interval 0.6
+cursor_trail          3
+cursor_trail_decay    0.1 0.4
+
+# ── Window feel ──────────────────────────────────
+window_padding_width       6 10
+background_opacity         0.94
+dynamic_background_opacity yes
+url_style                  curly
+enable_audio_bell          no
+visual_bell_duration       0.15
+visual_bell_color          #D35400
+scrollback_lines           20000
+